Ep. 1091 - Hits & misses from Illini's 88-80 win at Ohio State

Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

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4.9 • 575 Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Kyle Tausk react to Illinois basketball's 88-80 win at Ohio State in the Big Ten opener. The guys discuss big nights from freshmen Keaton Wagler and David Mirkovic, struggles from a few stars, a big second half from Andrej Stojakovic and huge bench boost from Zvonimir Ivisic. The guys then look ahead to Saturday's home Big Ten opener against Nebraska.

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0:27.6	You Welcome in to the Lionanquire podcast.
0:45.4	It is Jeremy Warner, Kyle Tosk, here to react to Illinois basketball's 8880 opening Big Ten win at Ohio State.
0:53.8	Welcome to Big Ten play, where 48 fouls are called in this one.
0:58.3	Ugly second half just by game flow after a sensational first half.
1:03.1	His own offense averaged 1.5 points per possession and Bruce Thornton just went
1:08.7	hogwild. 24 points made his first nine shots.
1:12.3	Fun, free-flowing first half turned into just a slug fest and whistle factory in the second half.
1:19.1	But it ends in an Illinois victory, despite Kyle and Boswell and Thomas Lov-Ewasich both struggling in this game.
1:26.2	Kyle, I thought the talent of Illinois, the depth of
1:29.6	Illinois, really shined while Ohio State, very thin roster. A lot of guys playing 35 plus minutes,
1:35.8	Bruce Thornton didn't come off the court, Devin Royal. I believe played 37 minutes in this one.
1:42.1	A lot of their guys played some heavy, heavy minutes while Illinois gets huge contributions.
1:46.9	Keaton Wogler, we'll talk about the sensational freshman in a year of sensational freshman
1:52.1	in college basketball.
1:53.1	David Mirkovich continues that as well.
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